Birth Quote by Linda Sunshine

...mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.

— Victor Hugo

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.

— Sandra Steingraber

No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception

— Grantly Dick-Read

Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube.

— Dave Barry

There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.

— Scott Simon

“When you're birthing something you might experience hurt, pain and discomfort but don't stop "pushing".”

— Tonya Hilson

I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful.

— Doris Lessing

It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must…

— Grantly Dick-Read

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.

— Jack Whitehall

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

— Lisa See

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

— Julianne Moore

Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.

— Barbara Johnson